"D-Day tomorrow. Everybody quite excited. We land at Arromanches, clear three villages and Bayeux." Discovered in a dusty upstairs room of a pub, the matter-of-fact entry for 5 June 1944 written ...

Such miscues forced General Eisenhower to reprimand the outspoken and colorful general. Patton's expertise in tank command helped frustrate the December 1944 German counteroffensive in the ...

To those millions of Americans whose English is not false-bottomed, the denial could mean only that Patton was beyond reproach. On Nov. 23, at 10:30 a.m., a high officer in General Eisenhower’s ...

"D-Day tomorrow. Everybody quite excited. We land at Arromanches, clear three villages and Bayeux." Discovered in a dusty upstairs room of a pub, the matter-of-fact entry for 5 June 1944 written ...

Patton was to call Gay with a telephone code, which would instruct him to immediately activate his troops. "George," said Eisenhower, unknowingly instructing Patton, "I want you to command this ...

Patton saluted the men before going in to meet with Eisenhower. When a water shortage hit war-ravaged Rheims, France, Army GIs stationed there, including Maczulak, had one other option with which ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower. The incident, the officer revealed, occurred last August, when Patton, picturesque American 7th Army commander, called the soldier "yellow bellied" and berated him as he wept.